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===Israel===
===Israel===
When [[France]] stopped supplying [[Israel]] after the [[Six Day War]], Israel turned to the United States, and the Israeli Air Force took an immediate liking to the [[F-4|F-4 Phantom II]] and the A-4 Skyhawk. First delivery of the little bomber was in late 1967, and the Skyhawk became the workhorse of the bombing campaigns in the [[War of Attrition]] and the [[Yom Kippur War]]. Losses in the latter were heavy (30 Skyhawks were downed in the first day of fighting), due to Egyptian anti-aircraft defences, but losses went down as Israeli tactics improved. Within a week, Israeli bombers were on the offensive again, and the destroyed planes were replaced by emergency shipments from the United States. A-4s also participated in strikes on PLO bases in [[Lebanon]] and [[Syria]]n SAM sites during Operation Peace for Galilee in 1982.<ref name="MyFirstRef"/> The Skyhawk has been replaced in front-line service by the home-built Kfir and the American [[F-16]], but it’s still used for advanced pilot training.
When [[France]] stopped supplying [[Israel]] after the [[Six Day War]], Israel turned to the United States, and the Israeli Air Force took an immediate liking to the [[F-4|F-4 Phantom II]] and the A-4 Skyhawk. First delivery of the little bomber was in late 1967, and the Skyhawk became the workhorse of the bombing campaigns in the [[War of Attrition]] and the [[Yom Kippur War]]. Losses in the latter were heavy (30 Skyhawks were downed in the first day of fighting), due to Egyptian anti-aircraft defences, but losses went down as Israeli tactics improved. Within a week, Israeli bombers were on the offensive again, and the destroyed planes were replaced by emergency shipments from the United States. A-4s also participated in strikes on PLO bases in [[Lebanon]] and [[Syria]]n SAM sites during Operation Peace for Galilee in 1982.<ref name="MyFirstRef"/> The Skyhawk has been replaced in front-line service by the home-built [[IAI Kfir|Kfir]] and the American [[F-16]], but it’s still used for advanced pilot training.
===Argentina===
===Argentina===